Post-UCAT Discussion 2025

[legendofzelda]

Hi guys js wondering how UNSW weighs ur UCAT - do they care abt the score or the percentile? Like I got a 92%ile which was 2350 but 94%ile was a 2370 so is that a big difference in their books?

Also, js wondering what ATAR I need to be considered for UNSW. Do i need a 99.9 or like a 99.8+? It's doable but js wondering on my chances since every like 92%ile I've heard of is like 99.95.

im pretty sure they consider the score itself like though, the cutoff was 91 or 92 last year, the lowest ucat cutoff was actually just 10 below the next percentile

 

[Med ANZ]

I feel the cutoff might be 2380

http://www.facebook.com/share/p/19nUoyPEQp/

 

[A1]

Hi guys js wondering how UNSW weighs ur UCAT - do they care abt the score or the percentile? Like I got a 92%ile which was 2350 but 94%ile was a 2370 so is that a big difference in their books?

When ranking applicants on UCAT all schools including UNSW use their score.
Each percentile holds 170 spots. Your upper-end 92%ile is about 1.5 percentiles = 250 ranks lower than the lower-end 94%ile.

Also, js wondering what ATAR I need to be considered for UNSW. Do i need a 99.9 or like a 99.8+? It's doable but js wondering on my chances since every like 92%ile I've heard of is like 99.95.

Posted data seem to indicate, passing the ATAR 99.50 cutoff does not mean 92+%ile will get an invite.
I think the pool of [99.50+ 92+%ile] still exceeds the interview spots available so they get ranked again by ATAR+UCAT combo, meaning applicants on 99.50-99.60 with 92-93%ile are lowest in this pool despite having made both cutoffs.

 

[KPR]

When ranking applicants on UCAT all schools including UNSW use their score.
Each percentile holds 170 spots. Your upper-end 92%ile is about 1.5 percentiles = 250 ranks lower than the lower-end 94%ile.


Posted data seem to indicate, passing the ATAR 99.50 cutoff does not mean 92+%ile will get an invite.
I think the pool of [99.50+ 92+%ile] still exceeds the interview spots available so they get ranked again by ATAR+UCAT combo, meaning applicants on 99.50-99.60 with 92-93%ile are lowest in this pool despite having made both cutoffs.

Yeah alright, but like whats the UCAT-ATAR tradeoff ig? Like if i get a UCAT 2350 of 92% but an ATAR of 99.85 and my friend gets a UCAT of 95% and an ATAR of 99.65 are they more likely to get in? Like what I'm tryna ask is how the UCAT and ATAR are weighed relative to each other since all the applicants are ranked ofc.

 

[A1]

Yeah alright, but like whats the UCAT-ATAR tradeoff ig? Like if i get a UCAT 2350 of 92% but an ATAR of 99.85 and my friend gets a UCAT of 95% and an ATAR of 99.65 are they more likely to get in? Like what I'm tryna ask is how the UCAT and ATAR are weighed relative to each other since all the applicants are ranked ofc.

It's usually done by a normalisation formula but easier to visualise as combined ATAR-UCAT ranking.

Within the post-cutoffs pool each applicant has an ATAR rank & a UCAT rank (i.e. a number between 1st & Nth). They are then sorted on the sum of these two ranks. Roughly speaking 99.90+92%ile ranks about same as 99.70+95%ile or same as 99.50+98%ile.

 

[burningbelcher]

It's usually done by a normalisation formula but easier to visualise as combined ATAR-UCAT ranking.

Within the post-cutoffs pool each applicant has an ATAR rank & a UCAT rank (i.e. a number between 1st & Nth). They are then sorted on the sum of these two ranks. Roughly speaking 99.90+92%ile ranks about same as 99.70+95%ile or same as 99.50+98%ile.

but i thought unsw was non compensatory?

 

[A1]

but i thought unsw was non compensatory?

I have seen in a UNSW document that it's primarily non-compensatory but not 100% non-compensatory throughout.

Data I got via PMs:
Interviews to a GPA 6.5 (=99.50) + 3400 UCAT and a GPA 6.8 (=99.80?) + 3200 UCAT (the latter was successful with a place offer too).

Yet a 99.50 + 3260 UCAT, meeting both cutoffs, did not get an interview.

 

[exxjin]

Hi, I’m a non-standard applicant with 99.95 and 2230 from NZ. Is there any chance for an interview offer from anywhere? Based on the previous replies I think the chances are close to none.

Thanks

 

[burningbelcher]

I have seen in a UNSW document that it's primarily non-compensatory but not 100% non-compensatory throughout.

? what does that mean? how can it be partially non compensatory?

 

[A1]

? what does that mean? how can it be partially non compensatory?

Non-compensatory can be adopted for the initial cutting off process, it's not appropriate for the selection afterwards.

For example in pruning 3 interviewees to 1 place offer, if UNSW were to non-compensatory them all the 99.50-99.60s and the 92-93%iles would surely be post-interview rejected (since they have one component weakest in the interviewees cohort) regardless of their interviews. Then what would be the point of inviting them to interview at all?

 

[Darkmist]

My communal reply to EpicLegends , AH25 , and others ...
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For non-rural
- If you're in-state to UQ, Monash, Adelaide, UWA you need around 85%ile (est. 2150-2170) to get an interview.

- For WSU calculate your weighted average as (Total+2xVR) / 5 then compare against last year GWS 760, NSW 795, Interstate 830.
Good chance for interview if you meet or beat these. If you are under by 10-15 marks there's some hope the cutoffs will drop a little.

- UNSW you need 99.50+ and 92-93%ile (est. 2270-2300). That's scraping bottom; more likely if you have higher.

- JMP and interstate Adelaide 96-97%ile (est. 2400-2430).

- Interstate UQ 98%ile, interstate UWA 99%ile.

- Interstate Monash 99.8+ with 93-94%ile (est. 2320-2340), or 99.7+ with 97+%ile.

- USC 99.85 + good UCAT, Griffith Nathan/GC 99.90 + good UCAT, UMelb Chancellors 99.90, Flinders 99.95 + 90ish %ile.

- JCU unpredictable. I'm not familiar with UTas, Curtin, Notre Dame to guess.

For rural you need 60ish %ile, 70ish %ile to be sure (est. 2050-2100).

I'll add them later if I have missed any schools.

A1 Will there be an update to your predicted UCAT and ATAR requirements now that the percentiles have released?

 

[sunnysands]

2310 (750 vr 780 dm 780 qr) do I still have a chance at wsu as a gws applicant.

 

[anonymous182391]

when can I change my uac preferences to other (backup) courses?

 

[Med ANZ]

when can I change my uac preferences to other (backup) courses?

You can change now

 

[anonymous182391]

You can change now

if I remove the med and replace with ie. engineering would I not be considered?

 

[RainRainGoAway]

if I remove the med and replace with ie. engineering would I not be considered?

You can wait for interviews to come out, if you don’t receive an interview for a certain uni, you can remove it from your preferences and replace it with a backup.

 

[brel]

Hi, for a QLD non-rural local applying for UQ, would a ucat of 89th percentile be enough for UQ interviews? I'd thought the cutoffs were around the 92nd percentile but I've seen a few people say it could be lower. Just checking so I can change the order of my preferences in case UQ is a miss. Also would 2290 + 670 SJT be enough for an interview offer from either Griffith, jcu or uq dent?

 

[A1]

Hi, I’m a non-standard applicant with 99.95 and 2230 from NZ. Is there any chance for an interview offer from anywhere? Based on the previous replies I think the chances are close to none.

Unfortunately you're right, 2230 = 84%ile is unlikely enough for any school (except for rural applicants).

A1 Will there be an update to your predicted UCAT and ATAR requirements now that the percentiles have released?

The percentiles in those predictions stay the same. You can update them with the actual UCAT scores for these percentiles.

2310 (750 vr 780 dm 780 qr) do I still have a chance at wsu as a gws applicant.

Weighted average 762 is borderline for GWS. All you can do now is wait & pray

Just checking so I can change the order of my preferences in case UQ is a miss.

If UQ a miss means no UQ interview, you have three options:
1. Remove UQ from QTAC prefs to make room for inserting some other course, or
2. Move UQ to bottom to make the other prefs higher, or
3. Do nothing, leave the prefs as-is. Even having UQ at 1st pref with no interview it WON'T affect your eligibility/chances for an offer(s) from the other schools in your pref list.

 

[ygjj2009]

From 2026 entry, is there any interview in Griffith provisional entry?

 

[Arcadia]

From 2026 entry, is there any interview in Griffith provisional entry?

No